'That's right! It's time for Mashable to shake things up in Austin during "Spring Break for Geeks", better known by it's official name of SXSW. We hear things are bigger in Texas and have been in the works on the Mashable SX Bash for months. Hard to believe it's right around the corner.

So mark your calendars and get ready to meet the Mashable crew, including Pete Cashmore, Karen Hartline, Brett Petersel, Jennifer Van Grove, and Tamar Weinberg. We're excited to partner with Blurb, which only makes the event bigger and better. We promise, you won't want to miss this.

WHEN:
Monday, March 16, 2009  - 

Blurb starts the night at 8pm with food, drinks, and live music.

Mashable kicks it up a notch at 9:30pm and we'll continue to party til the cows come home, or 2am...whichever comes first.

WHERE:
Six Lounge and Tap Room, 117 W 4th, Austin, TX 78701

WHAT ELSE?:
Drinks on us, DJ Marko mixing it up, and celebrity sightings!

RSVP/TICKET POLICY?:
The event is FREE for SXSW badge holders, but we want to know who's coming. Tell us on Eventbrite.

SOCIALIZE:
Facebook , Upcoming

We're ready to party with our Partner:

Blurb is a creative publishing and marketing platform that enables anyone to design, publish, share and sell bookstore-quality books. Blurb delivers the permanence and impact of commercial-quality books, with the speed and flexibility of the Internet. Create a killer portfolio, a client presentation, or sell your book in our bookstore-name your own price and keep 100% of the markup. We take care of everything else.

Major Kudos to our Sponsors:

'Celebrities Compete, Charities Win – Join PayPal and Mashable at SXSW for the first annual Social Media Smackdown for Charity.  Some of your favorite internet personalities like Pete Cashmore, Chris Brogan and Loic Le Meur as well as Hollywood personalities including Linkin Park, Hayden Panettiere and Brea Grant, just to name a few will be competing head-to-head to raise money for good causes. Come to the party and see how you can help!'

Austin-based Powered is driving the evolution of social marketing with intelligent programs that engage consumers and drive business results. The world's most innovative brands rely on Powered to help them drive sales, build brand loyalty and deliver higher ROI than other online marketing programs.

Blellow allows freelancers and professionals to collaborate, find work, and solve problems through a friendly, familiar micro-blog interface by answering the question: “What are you working on?

PepsiCo supports and enables your digital lifestyle at SXSW '09. Check out the PepsiCo Podcast Playground located in the convention center, where you can broadcast directly to your adoring fan-base from one of four state-of-the art podcast stations. Stick around after your simulcast to sample some awesome new PepsiCo products at the beverage bar. Be sure to tag all your experiences with PepsiCo at SxSW with #pepsxsw and follow our us on Twitter for up to the minute event info at @pepsicosxsw.